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Application filed October '11, 1923. S riaLNo. eaten.

To all 10/ 20777, it may concern- Be it knownthat 1:, Son GSHERRY, aciti zen of the Unite d States,[and resident of lVest-Englewood, in; thecounty of Bergen,

and State ,ofllew Jersey, have invented cer-' tain new and usefulImprovements.ln-hlail Boxes, of which the following is a speeification.

particularly to the type used in outlying farming districts whieh areserved by rural delivery."

An object of the invention is to provide a mail box of the characterdescribed which can be mounted upon a'post at, a distance from thehou'seand near the roadway.

i further object isfto provide in conjunction with the letter box, avsignal, wherebythe letter carrier will be notified that there areletters within the box for collection,- the signal being also used fornotifying the owners that mail has'been left in the box.

Another object is to provide a box which shall be waterproof and fromwhich the letters cannot be taken by other than those having authorityto remove the same.

In th'e drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of iny iinproved' mailbox.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the box as shown in Fig. 1, the doorin this'instance being opened.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a detail of the letter-drop or fiapwhich closes the entrance to the box and through which the letters areinserted.

Fig. at is a side elevation partly in section showing a differentmounting of the mail box than that shown in Fig. 2.

tererring to the drawings in detail, 10

denotes the body portion of the box, the top of which is closed by apeaked cover. 11, the

same being riveted thereto or fastened in. any suitable manner.

The upper front portion of the body'lO of the box is provided with anelongated opening 12 whiclris closed by a door 13,

which is pivoted to the sides ofthe, box by the rivets lt, said doorbeing formedto comprise edge fluted flanges '15 which frictionallyengage the sides of the box.

At the upper edge of the door there is dis- 7 posed an outwardlyextending spring latch 16, whichfis bent to lie within a matchingresilient member 17, fixedly fastened to This invention relates to mailboxes. and

The signal in this instance beingset, and the door of the box being,closed.

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padlock or other suitable locking means.

The door 13 is provided adjacent its upper portion, with atransverseopening 21,

the bottom'ofsaid opening being slightly wider than the upper partthereof, said widened part forming alip 22 which overlies and maintains;in position on the bead 23 formed ona flap. The bead 23 rests on'theloweredge of the opening inthe' door and pivotally supports the flap 24.The lower portion 24* of the flap,which' is below the bead 23 isdisposed on the outer side of the door 13, theportion21 above the beadbeing. offset to lie within the door and rest thereagainst above saidopening. The lowerend of the flap being the longest will main tain theflap at all times in closed position and the lip 22 formed in the doorwill prevent the removal ofsa-id flap.

On the inner side ofthe door and near the lower end thereof, thereisriveted a suitable money receptacle 25 into which coins necessary forpostage of theletters may be held until collected by the postman.

The forward side of the cover 11 is provided with a signal '26 which ispivotally rivetedthereto, the'rectangular portion 27 being bent to lieinvertical position. The signal is provided with a depression 28 which isadapted to s'nap' over a dowel 29, which acts to maintain the signal in,set position.

The signal may be painted any brilliant color and itjis apparent thatwhenfletters have been" disposed therein by the postman or ownersfof thebox, the signal can be setto show'that the mail has been left by thepostman or is there for his collection, thereby 's aving him the time ofdismounting from his conveyance and unlocking the box, or the ownersfrom walking to the empty box.

As illustrated in Fig. 2,;suitable flange end of, the

members 30 may be provided at the back-side of the box for engaging thesides and upper post 31 to which the box is see i In Fig. 4, the bottomof the box is left open and is formed to fit over the upper end of thepost 31, said upper end forming the bottom of the box.

Having thus described myinvention, what 7 I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is as follows A mail box comprising anelongated rectangular body portion, peaked cap fixed to the upper end ofsaid body to form the top thereo'l and to support a signal and doorlatch, a. mounting member provided with bendable postengaging meanssecured to the rear of said. body and serving to support the Whole, anopening in the front of said body portion extending from a pointadjacent the aforesaid cap to a point below the vertical center of saidbox and a cover Wider than the box body and longer than said opening,said cover having rearwardly turned side flaps embracing the body sidesand serving as hinges for the cover, said cover also provided with aflap closed mail insertion slot, a coin receptacle and means forengaging the aforesaid latch on saidvcap, the whole cooperating to forml'bOX the character described. Signed at New York city, in the county ofNew York and State of New York this 18th day of February, A. D. 1922.

SOL C. SHERRY.

